Category Archives: British Columbia
Watchdog clears officers after man shot with beanbags in Vancouver and dies
The civilian director of British Columbia's police watchdog says she doesn't believe Vancouver officers committed an offence when they shot a naked man with multiple beanbags and he died. Jessica Berg...
Dec 05, 2025
B.C. releases guidance for doctors on youth mental health and substance-use care
VANCOUVER - Brock Eurchuk said he felt "completely cut adrift" by British Columbia's health care system when trying to deal with health troubles of their 16-year-old son, Elliot. The teenager died fro...
Dec 05, 2025
Vancouver woman loses $120,000 in blessing scam targeting Chinese community
VANCOUVER - Vancouver Police are warning of a blessing scheme that targets the city's Chinese community where one woman lost $120,000. Police say there were two separate cases involving the scam last ...
Dec 05, 2025
Pedestrian killed after being struck by pickup in Abbotsford, B.C.
ABBOTSFORD - A pedestrian has been killed in a crash involving a pickup truck in Abbotsford, B.C., which police say may be partly due to poor lighting conditions. Abbotsford police say the crash happe...
Dec 05, 2025
B.C. man charged with murder over body found on Okanagan forestry road
VERNON - Police say a British Columbia man has been arrested and charged with murder in the death of another man found dead in the province's Okanagan region two years ago. RCMP say Dale Christopher L...
Dec 05, 2025
B.C. judge finds murderer in contempt over 'inmate code' refusal to answer questions
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia judge says a man convicted in the notorious Surrey Six murder case is guilty of contempt of court for refusing to answer questions out of fear of violating the "inmate c...
Dec 04, 2025
Here's what people are saying about John Rustad's exit as B.C. Conservative leader
Here's what people are saying about John Rustad and his resignation on Thursday as leader of the Conservative Party of B.C., which he took to the brink of power in last year's provincial election. "'I...
Dec 04, 2025
Police in Abbotsford, B.C., launch exit-support program to address extortions' roots
ABBOTSFORD - Police in Abbotsford, B.C., have launched a new program targeting people involved in planning or carrying out extortion-related violence, offering them an exit strategy. The department sa...
Dec 04, 2025
IIO clears police in fatal shooting of autistic teen with weapon in Surrey, B.C.
SURREY - British Columbia's police watchdog agency says there are no reasonable grounds to believe officers committed an offence in the fatal shooting of a teenager in Surrey in February. The Independ...
Dec 04, 2025
Water-contaminated fuel led to 2023 plane crash near Bella Bella, B.C.: TSB
RICHMOND - Federal investigators say the use of fuel contaminated with water caused the failure of both engines in a plane that crashed on British Columbia's central coast. The Transportation Safety B...
Dec 04, 2025